Pawel Olszewski

Polish-born Pawel Olszewski was a German modern pentathlete who finished 49th in the individual event at the 1992 Barcelona Games, and with the German team finished 11th. He started his career in Poland as a freestyle swimmer but did not qualify for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He then turned to modern pentathlon and qualified for the 1984 Los Angeles Games but could not start due to the Soviet-led boycott.

Olszewski won the Polish national title in 1987, and the following year left Poland and took German citizenship, and went on to win the German national title in 1990. Olszewski won the team bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships. By profession, he became a physiotherapist.